Introduction to the Heroku Cloud Application Platform

Developers can build their apps using Java, Ruby, Python, Clojure, Scala or Node.js and then deploy them to the cloud simply with a "git push". Meet Heroku experts, Wesley Beary from Heroku and Corey Haines, coreyhaines, LLC, and see how you can benefit from Heroku today. We'll supply food & beverages and cool Heroku t-shirts.

7:30 p.m. – Session 2: 0 to the Internet in 10 minutes, the power of Heroku

8:15 p.m. – Networking over drinks & snacks

Session 1: Heroku Overview and Demo of Deploying Ruby Apps Heroku (Wesley Beary) Get an introduction to the Heroku cloud application platform and see how developers can deploy Ruby applications to the cloud.

Session 2: 0 to the Internet in 10 minutes, the power of Heroku (Corey Haines) Get an introduction on how to build a rails application from scratch and get it up and running on Heroku's cedar stack in 10 minutes. Corey will also cover his frequently used addons and commands from the Heroku gem.

Overall, a great meetup. I would have liked a bit more basic introduction to Heroku platform, but I learned quite a bit regardless. Perhaps consider including a breakout session next time to separate newb user needs from experienced Herokusers.Also, thanks for the great food that was provided.

A former member

Overall, the presentations were excellent and pitched at just the right level. Seeing live coding is really helpful. My only criticism is that I thought the meeting dragged on at the end. Perhaps the meeting could have ended formerly earlier but allow for additional informal discussion for those that are interested.

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Heroku User Groups (HUGS) are a casual gatherings of developers who are interested in learning about Heroku technologies. It provides developers an opportunity to explore Heroku (a polygot platform), as well learn how to run and scale any type of app, written in Java, Ruby, Node.js, Clojure, Python or Scala. This is a great place to meet Heroku experts and network with peer.